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Tactical Electronics has been in business since 1999 and is well known for their under the door camera commonly used by SWAT teams. Over time they have refined their technology and introduced new products, leading to the introduction of the new modular, CORE system which consists of two grip options and four camera heads. The user mixes and matches the components for the intended application.

The Grip holds the electronics and the heads are used for different applications. Grips are the CORE Grip and the CORE Pole Grip. Both accept any of the heads (the Pole Grip doesn’t accept the articulating head). Integrated into the CORE Grip is an eye piece for up close work. Additionally, there is a wrist mounted monitor, for wireless remote viewing, which relies on digital encrypted radio for the link.

In addition to color or B/W images, Tactical Electronics also offers a thermal image. However, they’ve now introduced an overlay mode, similar to I2/Thermal fusion, which provides outlines of objects unto the thermal image. In the graphic above, you can see what the thermal image looks like alone, and then below, how it looks in overlay mode. The enhancement is striking.

The Video Fiberscope with Working Channels from Tactical Electronics combines three EOD specific tools with the functionality of a Video Fiberscope. The kit comes with tripod grasper tool, alligator grasper tool, and wire cutter tool which can be inserted and controlled from the base of the unit’s flexible neck. The tools exit out the distal end of the probe for in-package manipulation while the camera simultaneously captures all activity inside the package. Utilizing these three tools with a camera allows EOD operators to gain visual access into a package while manipulating the content from one entry hole.